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Washington, Jul. 7, 2008 (CWNews.com) - The US bishops have rejected the latest proposed English translation of the liturgical prayers from the Roman Missal. In a mail-in ballot, support for the proposed translation fell well short of the two-thirds required for approval by the US bishops' conference. The mail ballot became necessary because of an inconclusive vote at a June meeting of the episcopal conference. The proposed translation was for "Proper" prayers for the Mass: the prayers for particular feasts and liturgical seasons. The US bishops have already given their consent to an English translation of the unchanging prayers of...

Our recent coverage of the scandal at Richmond Catholic Charities ( CCR) tells a sordid tale of tragedy, secrecy, and sub­terfuge. But this incident, sorrowful as it is, also reveals a deeper and more per­vasive problem that has plagued the Church in America for decades. That problem is the power of rogue bureaucra­cies that have hijacked the work of the Church and secularized it. In many cas­es, like that in Richmond, they have to­tally corrupted it. Sometimes we have to wonder if the chanceries have learned anything from the clerical abuse scandals and cover- ups that have so damaged the...

Some of Australia's leading bio-scientists are taking a closer look at a new, ethically acceptable stem cell research route that avoids the use of human embryos in the search for possible cures for degenerative diseases.  While not yet convinced that the "exciting" new method is as promising as using embryonic stem cells, they are studying the relative merits of the two approaches.  A major research breakthrough announced in Japan and the U.S. last November revealed that human "adult" skin cells can be reprogrammed into a new kind of cell -- an induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell -- that shares an...

Once an Embryo… June 23rd, 2008 by Fr. Frank Pavone The US bishops have issued a very clear statement on embryonic stem cell research. It does not dwell upon the scientific nuances of the issue, but rather assists the reader to focus on the moral issues involved. The statement is not marked by condemnation, but rather by explanation. It is not a rejection of research or of those who stand to benefit from research, but rather a call to pursue the well being of those very individuals by preserving the moral standards that protect their dignity and that of the...

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has just released its new findings on Americans and their attitudes toward religion, God and doctrine. It is not too surprising that most of those surveyed are suffering from a bit of confusion when it comes to the difference between faith in God and claiming to be somehow associated with religion.  What moved me the most about this survey was, sadly, the conundrum we face in the Catholic Church, which is actually a very good example of why the results from the Pew survey are not at all extraordinary. They may be...

Federal authorities are investigating the actions of a Catholic charity in Richmond which helped a 16-year-old Guatemalan girl to receive an abortion in January, in possible violation of Virginia law. Officials have called the matter to the attention of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) headquarters in Washington, urging it to prevent any repetition of the incident. Four employees of Commonwealth Catholic Charities, Richmond, (CCR) have been fired and one supervisor with the bishops' Migration and Refugee Services agency has been suspended, according to federal sources and a secret April 29 letter written by three bishops to 350 bishops nationwide....

ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) -- Following a lively debate, the U.S. bishops left a 700-page translation of one section of the Roman Missal in limbo June 13 when it failed to obtain the number of votes needed to approve the text or to reject it. The translation of the proper prayers for Sundays and feast days during the liturgical year requires the approval of two-thirds of the 250 Latin-rite members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. But after more than a dozen bishops spoke against the translation, results of the voting were inconclusive. Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, USCCB...

ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) -- Opening their spring general meeting in Orlando, members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops got an interim report on the causes and context of child sexual abuse by priests and made quick work of proposals to revisit the ethical guidelines on feeding tubes and to declare a National Catholic Charities Sunday in 2010. In the first morning session of the June 12-14 assembly at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, the bishops also took a preliminary look at two documents they will vote on later in the meeting. The first was a 700-page draft translation of...

In a phrase: it's turning heads. I've posted the full text here for you to read yourself. John Allen summarizes here. Pope Benedict also held a Q&A session with the bishops, which CNA has posted here. As far as reactions go, Tim Drake starts us off with some comments from lay people and bishops. Russell Shaw at OSV, meanwhile, calls the speech "A bit of a bombshell" and says "If the bishops were looking for an agenda, they have one now." Alehandro Bermudez, the editor of CNA blogging for the New York Times, takes Pope Benedict to mean "Catholics...

<p>It was probably lost on the bulk of those who traveled with Msgr Guido Marini during his four-day Stateside swing last month, but there were still a handful who couldn't help but notice how, at a number of points, the Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations kept his scarf draped over his left forearm... "just like a maniple."</p>

Washington DC, Feb 27, 2008 / 07:58 am (CNA).- A writer who wrote a Washington Post op-ed piece arguing against the U.S. bishops’ criticism of voters who support pro-choice politicians and ended his article with a curse of the bishops could face canonical penalties for inciting hatred against the bishops.Joe Feuerherd, a correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, attacked the bishops’ statement “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship” in the Sunday edition of the Washington Post. In their statement, the bishops noted that voters’ political decisions could affect their salvation.  Feuerherd also criticized the bishops’ efforts to ensure the worthy reception...

Washington DC, Feb 6, 2008 / 05:25 am (CNA).- The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has announced that it is offering Catholics a variety of resources for Lenten reflection and spiritual growth.The resource website, located at www.usccb.org/lent , includes several versions of the Stations of the Cross, including an audio version, and a new series of “radio retreats” led by bishops in English and Spanish.Information on fasting and abstinence, examinations of conscience to help prepare for the Sacrament of Penance, and a section on Holy Week observances are also featured on the website.  Site resources are arranged around...

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Harry Forbes, the Director of the USCCB Office for Film and Broadcasting, who provoked disbelief from U.S. Catholics when he praised both "Brokeback Mountain" and the explicitly anti-Catholic "The Golden Compass," has again endorsed movies rife with explicit sexuality and extreme violence, this time in the USCCB's just released yearly top-10 movie listing.The USCCB reviewer introduces his January 25 top-10 list by praising the quality and "morally grounded" nature of such films as "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" and "Eastern Promises". "Though on-screen violence, like sexuality, can often be gratuitous, 2007 saw a...

USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting under fire for review of "The Golden Compass"; Director reminds readers, "We have the Church's best interests at heart." By JOSEPH McALEER Fairfield County Catholic, December 22, 2007 "Hollywood history is rife with examples of literary works that, by dint of problematic sexual, violent, or religious content have been softened to varying degrees to mollify public sensibilities." So began a review of The Golden Compass written by Harry Forbes and John Mulderig, director and media reviewer, respectively, of the Office for Film & Broadcasting (OFB) of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The...

What Part of Catholic Do You Not Understand? Someone needs to ask the US bishops conference (USCCB) movie reviewer, Harry Forbes what part of the concept “Catholic” he does not understand. Mr. Forbes gave a glowing review to the film, The Golden Compass, and put all American Catholic bishops on record as supporting the work of an atheist! Subsequently, New Line Cinema attempted to do a full-scale promotion of the movie using diocesan newspapers claiming that the bishops’ movie office had declared the film to be “entirely in harmony with Catholic teaching.” Just to set the record straight: this movie...

USCCB Reviewer Caught Okaying Another Film Celebrating Homosexual Immorality Special to LifeSiteNews.com by Pete Vere NEW YORK, December 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Harry Forbes, director of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Office of Film and Broadcasting, has given a positive review to the homosexually-themed "Rent". Forbes, whose initial positive review of "Brokeback Mountain" two years' ago was subsequently modified by the USCCB, became the center of controversy earlier this month after the USCCB withdrew his positive review of "The Golden Compass". The 2005 movie "Rent" is based upon a musical of the same name. The movie's plot...

"The Archdiocese of Baltimore is grateful that the Conference withdrew the review because it caused much confusion in the Catholic Community," Baltimore Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien said in an e-mailed statement. "From all reports, the review failed to adequately warn parents about the movie's widely recognized dark themes and anti-Catholic imagery." . . . "We saw this thing exploding over the weekend," Donohue said. "It was just a matter of time before they had to take it down."

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has withdrawn a positive review of the film "The Golden Compass," after more than a week of criticism about the church's apparent approval of a pro-atheism work. The review, which had said that the film "can be viewed as an exciting adventure story with, at its core, a traditional struggle between good and evil, and a generalized rejection of authoritarianism," was not available on the USCCB.org Web site last night.

CNA STAFF, Dec 3, 2007 / 05:44 pm (CNA).- The promoters of the controversial movie, The Golden Compass, are making an effort to diminish the boycott being threatened by Catholics and other Christian groups. The advertising agency for the movie has sent an email to the top 50 weekly Catholic newspapers asking that they consider running an ad promoting the movie. Advertising Media Plus, the agency promoting The Golden Compass, is trying to use a review by Harry Forbes, the director of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference Office for Film & Broadcasting, as leverage against the boycott being called for by Catholics...

WASHINGTON, DC, November 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Harry Forbes has for many years been the Director of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Office for Film and Broadcasting.  In 2005, LifeSiteNews.com pointed out that Forbes issued a glowingly positive review of the homosexual propaganda film "Brokeback Mountain".  Yesterday, Forbes issued another positive review, this time for the film adaptation of the specifically anti-Catholic novel "The Golden Compass." "The Golden Compass," is one of Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, which includes "Northern Lights" (re-titled "The Golden Compass"), "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass." Pullman wrote these...

This post is rather long and is divided into two parts. If you want to skip down to my short essay on why I find this movie problematic, scroll down until you see the text bolded in red. If you want my commentary on an advance review of the movie, read on: CNS news hub introduces the USCCB's "much-awaited movie review of 'The Golden Compass', which they rate suitable for A-II: adults and adolescents. The story is being marketed primarily to children. My comments and interspersed with parts of the review, which begins by praising the movie as a...

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A national organization for Hispanic ministry is raising concerns that reorganization of the bishops' conference and its national staff "structurally divides the church into two groups -- one for Catholics who are white, and the other for Catholics who are not white." A letter prepared by the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry was the product of a symposium among leaders in Hispanic ministry in August about the current state and future directions of ministry, given the structural changes of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Dated Nov.11, it was sent to the bishops' Subcommittee on Hispanic...

BALTIMORE -- The U.S. Catholic bishops have adopted moral guidelines for 2008 voters, saying that opposition to abortion is crucial, but that Catholics cannot be single-issue voters. They mustn't use concern about poverty or war as an excuse to support the intentional killing of embryonic humans, but neither may their opposition to abortion permit them to treat other human rights issues as trivial, the bishops wrote. "Racism and other unjust discrimination, the use of the death penalty, resorting to unjust war, the use of torture, war crimes, the failure to respond to those who are suffering from hunger or a...

CNN, during a report on Thursday’s "The Situation Room," mislead its viewers by reporting that a new document issued by the Catholic bishops on voting stated that "the candidate who supports abortion rights shouldn't necessarily be counted out for your vote." Besides this misrepresentation, the report also highlighted the issue of denying pro-abortion politicians Communion. CNN correspondent Mary Snow reported that some "critics" state that "the Communion question was created by extremists, and they hope they're shut out of this election cycle." Speaking of "shutting out," conservative and faithful Catholics were not featured at all in the report. Instead, Snow...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The nation's Catholic bishops on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted for a new document saying that the abortion issue should guide the voting decisions Catholics make. While the Catholic Church recognizes that a variety of political issues are important, the bishops said pro-life issues take precedence. "The direct and intentional destruction of innocent human life is always wrong and is not just one issue among many," the bishops said in the new document. Titled, "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship," the document does not tell Catholics which candidates to support but encourages Catholic voters to decide which candidates best...

Attempting to bring religious instruction in Catholic schools and parishes into greater alignment with the universal Catechism of the Catholic Church, the U.S. bishops unanimously adopted a new set of guidelines for textbooks and other instructional materials.The bishops also adopted a separate set of guidelines for instruction in what they called "chaste living," meaning instruction in church teaching on sexual morality.Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., who led the effort, said the aim is to respond to the questions Catholic young people encounter out in the world."We're trying to explain, even in the face of what they're hearing from their...

13 November 2007 USCCB website about marriage: foryourmarriage.org CATEGORY: SESSIUNCULUM — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf @ 2:36 pm Check this out! ForYourMarriage.org The USCCB has put together an interesting website about marriage.  It aims at a very broad Catholic understanding of marriage. They are talking about this site at the meeting as I watch. The wonderful question is asked: What have you done for your marriage today? Some good and at times amusing videos are available. They provide resources, DVD’s, videos, pamphlets, mostly in English and they are preparing Spanish. Check this site.  Give them a bump to their stats....

Good morning from Baltimore and Opening Day of the November Meeting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. One might be tempted to say "let the games begin," but in truth, things have been ramping up from before the weekend. The 300-odd high-hats in attendance started arriving as early as Thursday, the last two days featured a good bit of committee business, and the various receptions and other side-elements of the gathering are already in full swing. Last night's major events took place away from the week's headquarters at the Waterfront Marriott, as Catholic Relief Services hosted a social...

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Citing an alarming political and partisan stalemate in Washington, a draft statement discussed by the U.S. bishops Nov. 12 again laid out a moral framework for a transition in Iraq. Noting that the bishops have called for bipartisan action for almost two years, the draft said the current situation in Iraq "remains unacceptable and unsustainable." "Our country needs a new direction to reduce the war's deadly toll and to bring our people together to deal with the conflict's moral and human dimensions," said the draft. "Our nation needs a new bipartisan approach to Iraq policy based on...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The nation's Catholic bishops this week plan to vote on an election 2008 document outlining how Catholics should be involved in political issues during next year's election. The document says that Catholics should put their pro-life values ahead of devotion to a particular political party and urges more Catholics to run for office. It has become a custom that U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops release political guidelines for Catholics every four years in advance of presidential elections. The vote will take place during the bishops' annual meeting -- which begins today -- and the new document...

The US bishops hold their annual meeting in Baltimore this coming week, with a few interesting items on the agenda. There will be an open discussion about the bishop's role in political debates; that promises to be lively and revealing. There will be new report from John Jay researchers on the causes of the sex-abuse crisis. (In preparing this report, the researchers asked members of Voice of the Faithful to answer an opinion survey. Did they ask for your opinion, too? No, I didn't think so. Do you see where this is going?) And then there are the elections....

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is the Plymouth Duster of the U.S. Bishops Conference, a relic of early-1970s social activism that -- except for its value as a fashion statement -- was a disappointment when it was launched and hasn't improved with age. Yesterday we were given our official annual spadeful of the 40-year-old rhetoric: The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) distributed more than $9.5 million in grants to local organizations working to overcome poverty in the United States. The 2007, grants, totaling $9,578,000, will be used by 314 projects in 46 states, the District of Columbia and...

Deirdre A. McQuade, an official of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), criticized a study by researchers from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization published in the October 13, 2007 issue of The Lancet, calling for the global legalization and promotion of abortion, “Induced Abortion: Estimated Rates and Trends Worldwide.” “Some say the new Guttmacher study shows that legalizing abortions makes them ‘safe;’ but the study's methodology is flawed. The authors start out by simply defining ‘safe’ abortions as ‘those that meet legal requirements' in countries with permissive laws,” said Ms. McQuade. “But by this unusual...

WASHINGTON(October 9, 2007) – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will vote at their annual Fall General Assembly on the approval of the document Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship, a revision of the guidelines for music at Mass. The document “represents a significant rethinking of the structure and substance of what needs to be said about this important aspect of the liturgical renewal,” said Bishop Donald Trautman, outgoing chairman of the Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy, in the documentation sent to the Bishops for their review. The document retains and refines some of the more important...

Point Man for Connecticut Bishops on Plan B 'Emergency Contraception' Totally Confused on Issue By John-Henry Westen HARTFORD, October 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Barry Feldman is general counsel for St. Francis Hospital the lead spokesman for the Connecticut Catholic Bishops conference regarding their newly announced permission to administer the morning after pill Plan B to rape victims in Catholic hospitals in the state. In seeking comment on the decision LifeSiteNews.com spoke with the pro-life office of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) but was directed to the executive director of the Connecticut Catholic Conference (CCC). Deacon David Reynold, acting...

Well, what do you know? Your Priestly Pugilist was right. Here's what I said in the 09:49 AM 9/14/2007 post: [L]look for Msgr. Malloy to explain to us that Ms. Saile's speaking engagement with a pro-abortion group doesn't prove she buys into their agenda. Correct. And, if that's the case, it merely proves her completely mind-boggling lack of good judgement. She ought to fit right in at the USCCB. Hocus, pocus: someone who read PP's post on Free Republic went ahead and wrote in to the USCCB, and got this response, posted on Catholic Citizens.org: Thank you for expressing your...

Pro-Abortion Kerry’s Lecture Cancelled at CUA Due to “Scheduling Conflict” CUA Vice-President denies that invitation was extended By Meg Jalsevac WASHINGTON, DC, September 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - LifeSiteNews.com reported last week that Catholic University of America's (CUA) newspaper 'The Tower' had revealed that the College Democrats at CUA had received the necessary permission from the administration and subsequently invited pro-abortion Senator Kerry to lecture at the University. In its current issue released just today, The Tower newspaper is now reporting that according to both the Senator's congressional office and the College Democrats, "Sen. John Kerry will not speak at the...

US Conference of Bishops Asserts New Appointee is Pro-Life By John-Henry Westen and Matthew Cullinan Hoffman WASHINGTON, DC, September 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Monday LifeSiteNews.com published a story on Kathy Saile, who was recently named Director of Domestic Policy for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).  Evidence on the internet and commentary on various blogs pointed strongly to the possibility that the new USCCB Director supported abortion.  Calls to confirm or deny the allegations were not returned by USCCB communications official Sr. Mary Anne Walsh. In response to queries from concerned LifeSiteNews.com readers, the USCCB has now...

Have we found the ultimate stem cell? One that can deliver all the benefits of embryonic stem cells without having to destroy a potential human life to save an existing one? It's too early to tell, say stem cell researchers. While they are excited about the potential of an adult stem cell like Verfaillie's, most insist that research with embryonic stem cells must continue, because nobody can possibly know right now which option is better. And it might be worth it for more than one reason, says Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania....

US Conference of Catholic Bishops Appoints Woman with Pro-Abortion Group Ties as Policy Director By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman WASHINGTON, September 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Kathy Saile, who once gave a speech on promoting liberalism at a conference held by a pro-abortion group, has been named Director of Domestic Policy for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Previous to the appointment, Saile was Associate Director of Public Policy for Lutheran Services in America (USA), an organization that serves the extremely liberal Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), which recently declared that their "clergy" were free to participate in homosexual...

09:49 AM 9/14/2007 - First, read this press release from the USCCB web site (hat-tip to the ever-vigilant Diogenes): WASHINGTON (September 13, 2007)—Kathy Saile, a church advocate with a decade of experience in Catholic social ministry and Washington policy work, has been named Director of Domestic Policy for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). She starts her new position in October. Since August 2004, Saile has been Associate Director of Public Policy for Lutheran Services in America (USA), in Washington. Previous positions include Director of the Office of Peace and Justice, Catholic Social Service of Central and Northern...

Kathy Saile named USCCB domestic policy director (USCCB) WIN (‘Pro-choice. Democrat. Women. Network.’) 2006 WODW dinner party no. 14: Kathy Saile was 1 of 2 speakers at ‘Did the Left Cede Heaven? The Intersection of Faith and Politics.’ ‘Throughout American history religion has shaped US politics. Recent history has focused on the efforts and effects of Conservative Christians in the Republican Party, but the Left continues to be a party of people of faith. This dinner will highlight the way liberal people of faith organize to further progressive causes.’ (WIN) About WIN: ‘WIN is Washington’s premier professional, political, and...

Bishops to Amnesty International: We work with orgs who "do not oppose the fundamental right to life" By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, D.C., August 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has decried Amnesty International's recent decision to - as the bishops put it - "promote worldwide access to abortion," telling the organization that the Bishops' Conference will work with other organizations rather than with Amnesty International (AI) to carry out the good ends which AI was traditionally associated with. Bishop William S. Skylstad, the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops released a statement to...

The word competence has several meanings, most of which congregate around ability and authority. It is not clear which meaning is pertinent to the announcement that the national bishops conference will be meeting with congressional Democrats who are Catholics in order to devise a way to withdraw troops from Iraq in what is described as a “responsible transition.� A week later, presumably in order to underscore their bipartisanship, it was announced that the bishops would be meeting also with Catholic Republicans. Bishop Thomas Wenski is chairman of the conference’s committee on international policy. He said, “The current situation in Iraq...

Last week I presented the Archbishop of Portland, His Excellency, Most Reverend John Vlanzy’s comments from a 2006 article about the older form of Mass. Click here for that entry. Now His Excellency has presented his view of the Motu Proprio in the diocesan newspaper The Catholic Sentinel.My emphases and comments. Liturgical growth and progress in the Roman Missal 07/27/2007 Archbishop John Vlazny Earlier this month Pope Benedict XVI published an Apostolic Letter under the title Summorum Pontificum. In so doing he was both allowing for and promoting a wider use of the liturgical books that were in force back...

The USCCB's statement on goods of marriage is opposing the Magisterium teaching on the goods of marriage. Canonists and tribunal officials participated in consultations on marriage and this is their concerning statement: "Church teaching recognizes four distinct "goods" of marriage: The bonum sacramenti, the bonum fidei, the bonum prolis, and the bonum coniugum. In light of your experience examining marriage cases, how do individuals generally understand their commitment to permanence? To fidelity? To openness to children? To partnership?" See: USCCB The canonists have added a fourth "good" of marriage (the partnership) to the three timeless properties of marriage (permanence, exclusivity...

Leaders of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops have agreed to meet with a group of 14 Democratic lawmakers to discuss how they might work together to end US military involvement in Iraq. In fact the USCCB has already done its little bit by issuing a press release to call attention to the Democratic legislators' cause. Who are these Democratic politicians, who find such a ready audience at the USCCB? They're Catholic members of the House of Representatives. And half of them-- including Rep. Tim Ryan, who is leading the charge on Iraq-- also signed a May public statement scolding...

WASHINGTON, July 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a letter to William S. Skylstad, Bishop of Spokane, Washington and sitting president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Amnesty International has "corrected" the statement put out by the Conference earlier this month criticising the human rights group for their recently adopted support for abortion as an international human right. Until recently, Amnesty's position on abortion was official neutrality. In April, however, Amnesty joined the ranks of the world's abortion-promoting organizations by a series of decisions to consider abortion - in the cases of rape and incest and when the "life or...

Here some excerpts from the USCCB Q & A regarding the Motu proprio 8. As a rule, is it possible for a priest to abandon the ordinary form entirely?No. The Holy Father states unequivocally that ?in order to experience full communion, the priests of the communities adhering to the former usage cannot, as a matter of principle, exclude celebrating according to the new books. The total exclusion of the new rite would not in fact be consistent with the recognition of its value and holiness.? 9. What happens if a pastor is unable to fulfill the request of the...

The US bishops' translation of Summorum Pontificum, which is appearing everywhere on the internet, contains what appears to be a cut-and-paste error: Article 1 of the motu proprio, as rendered in that translation, reads: "These two expressions of the law of prayer (lex orandi) of the Church in no way lead to a division in the law of prayer (lex orandi) of the Church, for they are two uses of the one Roman Rite." It should read: These two expressions of the law of prayer (lex orandi) of the Church in no way lead to a division in the law...